BLOOMINGTON, Ind.–The 20th ranked Indiana Hoosier football team started off their season with a 27-14 win over the Old Dominion Monarchs on Merchants Bank Field at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington Saturday afternoon.
Old Dominion struck first with a 75-yard touchdown run by their quarterback Colton Joseph to make it 7-0 11 seconds into the game. The Hoosiers responded by the end of the first quarter with a 91-yard punt return for a touchdown by Jonathan Brady to tie the game at 7. After the Hoosiers went ahead with a 22-yard field goal by Nico Radicic 10-7, they would never trail again.
Indiana had the ball for 41:28 compared to Old Dominion’s 18:32. They outgained Old Dominion in total yardage 502 to 314. The bulk of that came via the rushing attack (309 yards rushing on 57 carries). Rom